The Political Graveyard: U.S. District Court in Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court in Pennsylvania

U.S. District Judges for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1846-2004 (may be incomplete!)
John Kintzing Kane 1846- John Cadwalader 1858-79 William Butler 1879-99 John Bayard McPherson 1899- J. Whitaker Thompson 1912-31 George A. Welsh 1932-57 Albert Branson Maris 1936-38 Harry E. Kalodner 1938-46 Guy K. Bard 1939-52 J. Cullen Ganey 1940-61 James P. McGranery 1946-52 Abraham Lincoln Freedman 1961-64 Joseph S. Lord III 1961-76 Ralph C. Body 1962-72 A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. 1964-77 Edward Roy Becker 1970-82 James H. Gorbey 1970-77 Raymond J. Broderick 1971-84 Louis C. Bechtle 1972-93 Ronald Lawrence Buckwalter 1990-2003 Harvey Bartle III 1991- Anita Blumstein Brody 1992-

Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

1899 Jan 31: William Butler, retired.

1952 Jul 16: Guy K. Bard, resigned.

1972 May 30: Ralph C. Body, took senior status.

1977 Oct 24: James H. Gorbey, died in office.

1984 Jul 1: Raymond J. Broderick, took senior status.

1993 Apr 30: Louis C. Bechtle, took senior status.

2003 Dec 11: Ronald Lawrence Buckwalter, took senior status.

U.S. District Judges for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1901-2002 (may be incomplete!)
Robert W. Archbald 1901-11 Albert Williams Johnson 1925- John W. Murphy 1946-62 John E. Jones 2002-

Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

1962 Mar 28: John W. Murphy, died in office.

U.S. District Judges for the Western District of Pennsylvania, 1818-2000 (may be incomplete!)
Jonathan Hoge Walker 1818-24 William Wilkins 1824-31 Wilson McCandless 1859- Marcus Wilson Acheson 1880-91 James H. Reed 1891-92 Joseph Buffington 1892-1906 Owen McIntosh Burns 1949-52 Hubert Teitelbaum 1970- Alan Neil Bloch 1979-97 Donetta W. Ambrose 1993-

Officeholding Events (may be incomplete!)

1824 Mar 23: Jonathan Hoge Walker, died in office.

1831 Apr 14: William Wilkins, resigned.

1952 Oct 26: Owen McIntosh Burns, died in office.

1997 Apr 12: Alan Neil Bloch, resigned.

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Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872

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